But Ramirez is trailing Jimmy Rollins in All Star voting among shortstops in a close race. According to updates released yesterday, Rollins has 1,216,007 votes to Hanley’s 1,128,547.
Rollins is batting .217 with five homers and 25 RBI and 37 runs scored.

“That’s what happens when you play in Florida. Its frustrating to everybody,” second baseman Dan Uggla said of the possibility that Ramirez, last year’s starter, won’t get voted in as a starter.

“He has does extremely well being where he’s at. But there’s no way anybody playing for the Marlin or Royals or Rays or any other team in a small-market is going to get the attention that players from Boston or Chicago or New York get. That’s just the nature of the beast.” …

Marlins pitcher Chris Volstad will get love tonight from a small but vocal group of fans at Fenway Park: His family from Palm Beach Gardens made the trip to Boston.

Volstad was a sophomore in high school when the Marlins last played at Fenway in 2003 (two years before the organization drafted him with its first pick in 2005). Volstad said he didn’t watch any of those games, including the 25-8 loss on June 27, 2003.